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Britain bars entry to Swedish academic ahead of appearance with Palestine Action founder

Straits Times30 October 2026, 12:11 UTCUnited Kingdom

LONDON, Oct 30 - Swedish climate academic Andreas Malm said on Friday he had been denied entry to Britain, where he was due to speak alongside the co-founder of Palestine Action, a group banned as a terrorist organisation.

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